Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-02-25

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 25
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 50▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
72 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 60▲ 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,64574.861,2316thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,95465.881,2874thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68057.8097112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33255.0973427
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24639.6849518
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,48478.661,1675thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,29076.009801thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,23887.001,0771thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100116.09/cwt29
BullsNumber 29879.07/cwt18
BullsNumber 39126.25/cwt4
BullsUtility8910.00/cwt3
HeifersNumber 19293.36/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,23887.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0771
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,29076.00/cwt76.00–76.009801
BullsNumber 2—9272.45/cwt70.00–75.00672
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—74165.00/cwt165.00–165.001221
Bulls——1,70672.73/cwt65.50–80.501,2415
Bulls——1,33885.50/cwt85.50–85.501,1441
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,48478.66/cwt68.50–86.001,1675
BullsNumber 1—8688.69/cwt75.00–95.00767
BullsUtility—565.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility—9010.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsUtility—12015.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsNumber 1—9392.08/cwt85.00–105.00865
BullsNumber 1—105126.97/cwt120.00–135.001335
BullsNumber 1—113127.28/cwt110.00–145.001445
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32153.62/cwt48.50–58.5070823
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39863.53/cwt58.50–70.008884
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68057.80/cwt52.00–60.5097112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18733.87/cwt31.00–36.004028
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29444.32/cwt40.00–46.5057410
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,95465.88/cwt65.50–66.501,2874
BullsNumber 1—7435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261
BullsNumber 1—122130.00/cwt130.00–130.001591
HeifersNumber 1—9518.39/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—114174.76/cwt140.00–190.001994
BullsNumber 3—7620.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—88150.00/cwt150.00–150.001321
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—102190.00/cwt190.00–190.001941
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—92150.00/cwt150.00–150.001381
BullsNumber 2—12070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 2—7232.57/cwt30.00–35.00232
BullsNumber 3—8220.00/cwt20.00–20.00161
BullsNumber 2—8157.05/cwt45.00–80.00463
BullsNumber 2—113102.26/cwt90.00–120.001164
BullsNumber 2—10293.83/cwt75.00–130.00966
BullsNumber 3—10840.00/cwt40.00–40.00431
BullsNumber 3—9825.00/cwt25.00–25.00251

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.